Realist Landscape Paintings
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
The artwork captures the serenity of the ocean. Painted with oil paint and cold wax, the waves carry a slightly raised texture, adding to the realistic qualit...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1880s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Golden light from the setting sun glows softly on one side of the woods, while the foreground rests in cool shadow. Autumn colors peek through the trees. A wind...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Beaux-Arts central building of Denver Union Station stands under the night sky. Its iconic “Union Station Travel by Train†sign, glowing in bright orang...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A stretch of yellow mustard fields contrasts beautifully with the bright blue sky. Fluffy clouds drift overhead, adding depth and movement to the scene. The pai...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Egg Tempera
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Masonite
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Artist Comments
Fog rolls gently against the steep walls of Big Sur, softening the rugged cliffs. A faint line traces the path of Highway 1 as it winds north from Ragged Poin...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
Sunset reveals the vast grandeur of the Grand Canyon. The rugged cliffs glow with deep amber and violet hues beneath a sky brushed with luminous pastel clouds. ...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Capturing the timeless majesty of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, this painting conveys the rugged beauty of the Oregon coastline. The structure stands as a steadf...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The setting sun casts a golden glow over the shore as a massive rogue wave crashes against a lone cypress, a striking contrast to the otherwise calm sea. Dark...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil